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Joe Cunningham
Joseph Robert Cunningham Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 30, 1954
Final Game April 17, 1966
Born August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 STL NL  85  310   40   88  11  3  11   50   1  1  43  40  .284  .375  .445  113  138   1   0       2   3
 1956 24 STL NL   4    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -24    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 25 STL NL 122  261   50   83  15  0   9   52   3  3  56  29  .318  .439  .479  145  125   1   6   6   5   3
 1958 26 STL NL 131  337   61  105  20  3  12   57   4  4  82  23  .312  .449  .496  147  167   1   1   3   3   9
 1959 27 STL NL 144  458   65  158  28  6   7   60   2  6  88  47  .345  .453  .478  143  219   2   3   9   5   9 MVP-13,AS
 1960 28 STL NL 139  492   68  138  28  3   6   39   1  7  59  59  .280  .363  .386   99  190   3   3   4   6   8
 1961 29 STL NL 113  322   60   92  11  2   7   40   1  0  53  32  .286  .403  .398  106  128   3   1   3  11   1
 1962 30 CHW AL 149  526   91  155  32  7   8   70   3  3 101  59  .295  .410  .428  127  225  10   8   3   7   8 MVP-18
 1963 31 CHW AL  67  210   32   60  12  1   1   31   1  0  33  23  .286  .388  .367  116   77   2   3   2   4   4
 1964 32 TOT AL  89  234   28   54  11  0   0   17   0  2  37  28  .231  .348  .278   78   65   2   0   1   5   4
         CHW AL  40  108   13   27   7  0   0   10   0  1  14  15  .250  .352  .315   90   34   1   0   1   3   0
         WSA AL  49  126   15   27   4  0   0    7   0  1  23  13  .214  .344  .246   68   31   1   0   0   2   4
 1965 33 WSA AL  95  201   29   46   9  1   3   20   0  1  46  27  .229  .375  .328  104   66   1   0   0   1   7
 1966 34 WSA AL   3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .125  .125  .125  -27    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1141 3362  525  980 177 26  64  436  16 27 599 369  .291  .403  .417  120 1401  26  25  31  49  56
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        477   75  139  25  4   9   62   2  4  85  52  .291  .403  .417  120  199   4   4   4   7   8
 Career High    149  526   91  158  32  7  12   70   4  7 101  59  .345  .453  .496  147  225  10   8   9  11   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 22 STL NL  356  227   51   6.0   110| .284  .275| .375  .347| .445  .426| .820  .772| 113  .603   6.0   0.6  50%
 1956 24 STL NL    4    3    0   0.0   103| .000  .264| .250  .331| .000  .417| .250  .748| -24  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1957 25 STL NL  329  191   61   8.7   105| .318  .271| .439  .334| .479  .419| .918  .754| 145  .759  22.1   2.2  50%
 1958 26 STL NL  424  247   80   8.7   109| .312  .274| .449  .343| .496  .428| .945  .771| 147  .758  28.7   2.8  50%
 1959 27 STL NL  556  320  104   8.7   110| .345  .277| .453  .344| .478  .429| .931  .773| 143  .760  35.5   3.4  25%
 1960 28 STL NL  563  375   70   5.0   106| .280  .272| .363  .339| .386  .418| .749  .757|  99  .564   1.6   0.2  12%
 1961 29 STL NL  390  235   58   6.6   114| .286  .282| .403  .349| .398  .438| .801  .788| 106  .653   5.4   0.5 100%
 1962 30 CHW AL  652  400  102   6.9   103| .295  .263| .410  .335| .428  .410| .838  .745| 127  .679  26.8   2.6  50%
 1963 31 CHW AL  252  159   33   5.6    93| .286  .253| .388  .319| .367  .391| .755  .710| 116  .629   7.0   0.7 100%
 1964 32 TOT AL  278  188   25   3.6    95| .231  .254| .348  .322| .278  .395| .626  .717|  78  .423  -4.7  -0.4   0%
         CHW AL  126   83   13   4.2    94| .250  .252| .352  .320| .315  .392| .667  .712|  90  .498  -0.4   0.0   0%
         WSA AL  152  105   12   3.1    96| .214  .256| .344  .324| .246  .397| .590  .721|  68  .358  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1965 33 WSA AL  249  164   27   4.4    90| .229  .248| .375  .318| .328  .381| .703  .699| 104  .543   3.8   0.4   0%
 1966 34 WSA AL    8    7    0   0.0    89| .125  .247| .125  .314| .125  .381| .250  .695| -27  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4061 2516  611   6.5   105| .291  .269| .403  .337| .417  .416| .820  .753| 120  .663 130.2  12.8  37%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 22 STL NL 1B 85 814 68 10 96 .989 .991 10.38 9.26 1956 24 STL NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.70 9.00 9.90 0 2.0 1957 25 STL NL 1B 57 279 17 0 17 1.000 .990 5.19 8.82 9.87 9.67 22 270.0 RF 47 78 1 2 0 .975 .972 1.68 1.72 2.07 1.98 42 344.0 1958 26 STL NL 1B 67 328 23 1 19 .997 .990 5.24 8.11 9.19 9.54 31 343.7 OF 66 90 3 2 2 .979 .980 1.41 1.95 1.67 2.26 60 502.7 RF 42 54 2 2 1 .966 .977 1.33 1.73 1.54 2.02 40 326.7 LF 24 32 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.38 1.54 1.69 2.00 20 176.0 1959 27 STL NL OF 121 201 5 6 1 .972 .977 1.70 1.90 1.92 2.21 117 966.7 AS RF 109 179 4 5 1 .973 .978 1.68 1.64 1.94 1.96 104 850.3 AS 1B 35 158 9 1 22 .994 .988 4.77 8.04 10.44 9.58 10 144.0 AS LF 21 18 1 1 0 .950 .969 0.90 1.59 1.47 2.04 13 116.3 AS 1960 28 STL NL RF 116 182 6 10 1 .949 .979 1.62 1.76 1.79 1.98 108 944.3 1B 15 114 10 0 7 1.000 .990 8.27 8.20 9.15 9.57 14 122.0 1961 29 STL NL OF 86 131 2 5 1 .964 .977 1.55 1.86 1.84 2.16 77 649.3 RF 85 132 2 5 1 .964 .974 1.58 1.60 1.88 1.93 76 640.7 1B 10 69 1 0 8 1.000 .990 7.00 8.57 10.16 9.81 6 62.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.50 2.07 1.86 1 8.7 1962 30 CHW AL 1B 143 1282 90 8 118 .994 .990 9.59 6.99 9.80 7.14 142 1259.7 RF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.72 2.45 2.00 3 22.0 1963 31 CHW AL 1B 58 535 24 6 39 .989 .990 9.64 8.59 10.22 9.48 57 492.3 1964 32 TOT AL 1B 74 580 29 2 53 .997 .991 8.23 8.12 9.63 9.43 63 569.3 CHW AL 1B 33 264 16 1 25 .996 .991 8.48 8.12 9.73 9.43 30 259.0 WSA AL 1B 41 316 13 1 28 .997 .991 8.02 8.12 9.54 9.43 33 310.3 1965 33 WSA AL 1B 59 393 24 6 44 .986 .991 7.07 7.88 9.09 9.56 43 412.7 1966 34 WSA AL 1B 3 10 4 0 1 1.000 .993 4.67 8.17 6.00 9.60 3 21.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 22 STL NL 1B 85 814 68 10 96 .989 .991 10.38 9.26 1956 24 STL NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.70 9.00 9.90 0 2.0 1957 25 STL NL 1B 57 279 17 0 17 1.000 .990 5.19 8.82 9.87 9.67 22 270.0 1958 26 STL NL 1B 67 328 23 1 19 .997 .990 5.24 8.11 9.19 9.54 31 343.7 1959 27 STL NL 1B 35 158 9 1 22 .994 .988 4.77 8.04 10.44 9.58 10 144.0 1960 28 STL NL 1B 15 114 10 0 7 1.000 .990 8.27 8.20 9.15 9.57 14 122.0 1961 29 STL NL 1B 10 69 1 0 8 1.000 .990 7.00 8.57 10.16 9.81 6 62.0 1962 30 CHW AL 1B 143 1282 90 8 118 .994 .990 9.59 6.99 9.80 7.14 142 1259.7 1963 31 CHW AL 1B 58 535 24 6 39 .989 .990 9.64 8.59 10.22 9.48 57 492.3 1964 32 TOT AL 1B 74 580 29 2 53 .997 .991 8.23 8.12 9.63 9.43 63 569.3 CHW AL 1B 33 264 16 1 25 .996 .991 8.48 8.12 9.73 9.43 30 259.0 WSA AL 1B 41 316 13 1 28 .997 .991 8.02 8.12 9.54 9.43 33 310.3 1965 33 WSA AL 1B 59 393 24 6 44 .986 .991 7.07 7.88 9.09 9.56 43 412.7 1966 34 WSA AL 1B 3 10 4 0 1 1.000 .993 4.67 8.17 6.00 9.60 3 21.0 1958 26 STL NL LF 24 32 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.38 1.54 1.69 2.00 20 176.0 1959 27 STL NL LF 21 18 1 1 0 .950 .969 0.90 1.59 1.47 2.04 13 116.3 1961 29 STL NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.50 2.07 1.86 1 8.7 1957 25 STL NL OF 46 81 1 3 0 .965 .980 1.78 2.07 2.15 2.29 42 344.0 1958 26 STL NL OF 66 90 3 2 2 .979 .980 1.41 1.95 1.67 2.26 60 502.7 1959 27 STL NL OF 121 201 5 6 1 .972 .977 1.70 1.90 1.92 2.21 117 966.7 1960 28 STL NL OF 116 184 6 10 1 .950 .978 1.64 1.92 1.81 2.20 108 944.3 1961 29 STL NL OF 86 131 2 5 1 .964 .977 1.55 1.86 1.84 2.16 77 649.3 1962 30 CHW AL OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.92 2.05 2.21 3 22.0 1957 25 STL NL RF 47 78 1 2 0 .975 .972 1.68 1.72 2.07 1.98 42 344.0 1958 26 STL NL RF 42 54 2 2 1 .966 .977 1.33 1.73 1.54 2.02 40 326.7 1959 27 STL NL RF 109 179 4 5 1 .973 .978 1.68 1.64 1.94 1.96 104 850.3 1960 28 STL NL RF 116 182 6 10 1 .949 .979 1.62 1.76 1.79 1.98 108 944.3 1961 29 STL NL RF 85 132 2 5 1 .964 .974 1.58 1.60 1.88 1.93 76 640.7 1962 30 CHW AL RF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.72 2.45 2.00 3 22.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 607 4564 299 34 424 .993 .990 8.01 8.11 391 3698.7 OF* 440 692 17 26 5 .965 .978 1.61 1.92 407 3429.0 46 0 404# RF* 404 631 15 24 4 .964 .977 1.60 1.69 373 3128.0 LF* 46 52 2 1 1 .982 .973 1.17 1.56 34 301.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1047 5256 316 60 429 .989 .989 5.32 5.51
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-1 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1959-1
1959-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-NL-13-0.04
1962-AL-18-0.03
Car-983-0.07 shares

Batting Average
1959 NL-.345-2

On-base %
1959 NL-.453-1
1962 AL-.410-3
Car-.403-52

OPS
1959 NL-.931-6

Doubles
1960 NL-28-7
1962 AL-32-10

Triples
1962 AL-7-9

Bases on Balls
1958 NL-82-4
1959 NL-88-2
1962 AL-101-5

Adjusted OPS+
1959 NL-143-6

Runs Created
1959 NL-104-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1958 NL-29-6
1959 NL-35-6
1962 AL-27-9

Batting Wins
1957 NL-2.2-10
1958 NL-2.8-6
1959 NL-3.4-6
1962 AL-2.6-9

Times on Base
1959 NL-251-6
1962 AL-263-5

Offensive Win%
1959 NL-.760-3
1962 AL-.679-7

Hit By Pitch
1957 NL-5-9
1959 NL-5-7
1960 NL-6-3
1961 NL-11-1
1962 AL-7-8

Sac. Hits
1962 AL-10-7

Sac. Flies
1957 NL-6-8
1962 AL-8-7

Caught Stealing
1960 NL-7-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1152) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.8 (654) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.5 (981) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1961: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Minoso.

July 13, 1964: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

April 29, 1966: Released by the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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